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VMware vSphere: Pass variables from vCenter into a virtual machine

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this post describes on how to to pass data, for example a variable, from vCenter into a virtual machine.
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vSphere: Find missing permissions/privileges in logs

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assigning permissions in vSphere is sometimes difficult. Also to find out which permissions are missing for a specific action if you are not an administrator.
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VMware vCenter: Get a result set of permissions/privileges for a user on an entity

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sometimes you be known which permissions respectiliy privileges a vSphere User has on an entity.

The vCenter GUI has no such feature but it’s possible by PowerCli and using the AuthorizationManager.
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VMware Powercli: Check and enable CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol

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ESXi has the ability to respond to CDP requests.
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VMware Powercli: Get CDP infos for the Hosts Networkadapter

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if CDP is enabled the networkswitches gives some informations to the ESXi Hosts physical network adapters.

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